Pedigreed Ptolemy I Hemidrachm

412, Lot: 280. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AV Third Chryson – ‘Hemidrachm’ (11mm, 1.77 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread; monogram to left. Svoronos 200; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 48. EF, toned. Rare, especially this nice.

Ex Künker 295 (25 September 2017), lot 458; Leu 36 (7 May 1985), lot 205.